Novelist Kurt Vonnegut Dies, Age 84
April 12th, 2007 by Roderick Russell
Kurt Vonnegut, whose dark comic talent and urgent moral vision in novels like “Slaughterhouse-Five,” “Cat’s Cradle” and “God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater” caught the temper of his times and the imagination of a generation, died last night in Manhattan. He was 84 and had homes in Manhattan and in Sagaponack on Long Island.
Mr. Vonnegut suffered irreversible brain injuries as a result of a fall several weeks ago, according to his wife, Jill Krementz.
FULL NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE HERE
UPDATE: April 12th, 12:34 pm - Posts about Vonnegut’s death started appearing this morning over on BoingBoing. The original announcement is here, while readers have been sending in more information, updates and tributes that can be viewed here.
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April 12th, 2007 at Apr 12, 07 | 3:12 pm
[...] Of course most everyone has heard that Kurt Vonnegut died yesterday from complications surrounding a brain injury he received from a fall several weeks ago. It’s being well covered just about everywhere, so I won’t rehash all the articles that already exist. I would, however, like to pay tribute to the American author, so I will just write this. [...]